The President
of Vietnam is the President of the national Defense
and Security Council. The total active manpower of
the Vietnamese armed forces is around 480,000 personnel.
There is also a Paramilitary forces with 1,000,000
people of self-defence Forces, 500,000 people of Regional
Forces and 60,000 border guards. The conscription
is 12 months.
The land forces of the Vietnamese Army are around
450,000 soldiers with the structure:
14 corps HQ, 1 armoured division, 50 infantry divisions,
1 anti-aircraft division, 1 transport division, 7
engineer divisions, 4 construction regiments, 4 independent
engineer brigades, 4 independent anti-aircraft brigades,
6 independent armoured brigades, 5 independent artillery
regiments, 3 special operations regiments.